Update...I suspect you guys are tired of the Klamath dam removal topic.
I'll keep it brief...Fall Creek hatchery/rearing ponds in the area adjacent to the removed dams released 830,000 juvenile salmon into the river last week. In a news announcement, Calif Dept of Fish and Wildlife sadly announced that all 830,000 fish have died. The very brief report goes on to say, turbid silt laden water was not the cause, it was gas bubble disease caused from pressure variation while the fish were transiting the lower dam tunnel.
What was not explained was why the hatchery release hasn't been a problem in previous years...the hatchery and ponds were built in 1919, and used on and off since then.
Last edited by flintlocke; 03/03/24.
